- Dexteria
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Dexteria Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Branchiopoda Order: Anostraca Family: Chirocephalidae Genus: Dexteria
Brtek, 1965 [2]Species: D. floridana Binomial name Dexteria floridana
(Dexter, 1953) [2]Dexteria floridana was a species of fairy shrimp in the family Chirocephalidae, the only species in the genus Dexteria.[3] It is endemic to the United States. It was originally described by Ralph W. Dexter in 1953 as a species of Eubranchipus.[3] The species was declared extinct on October 5, 2011.[4]
References
- ^ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Dexteria floridana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/6519. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
- ^ a b "Dexteria". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=83741. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
- ^ a b D. Christopher Rogers (2002). "A morphological re-evaluation of the anostracan families Linderiellidae and Polyartemiidae, with a redescription of the linderiellid Dexteria floridana (Dexter 1956) (Crustacea: Branchiopoda)". Hydrobiologia 486 (1): 57–61. doi:10.1023/A:1021326129460.
- ^ "Two Florida Species Declared Extinct". October 5, 2011. http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2011/florida-extinct-species-10-05-2011.html.
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